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Index of Six Infrastructure Industries

Date : 14 Mar 2007
Location : New Delhi
 

Index of Six Infrastructure Industries (Base: 1993-94=100) - January 2007

PRESS NOTE

The Index of Six core-infrastructure industries having a combined weight of 26.7 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 stood at 238.8 (provisional) in January 2007 and registered a growth of 8.7% (provisional) compared to a growth of 8.2 % in January 2006. During April-January 2006-07, six core-infrastructure industries registered a growth of 8.4%(provisional) as against 5.8% during the corresponding period of the previous year.

Crude Petroleum

Crude petroleum production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 4.7% (provisional) in January 2007 compared to a negative growth rate of 4.9% in January 2006. The Crude petroleum production registered a growth of 5.9% (provisional) during April-January 2006-07 compared to (-) 5.8% during the same period of 2005-06.

Petroleum Refinery Products

Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of 9.0% (provisional) in January 2007 compared to growth of 5.5% in January 2006. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 12.2% (provisional) during April-January 2006-07 compared to 1.0% during the same period of 2005-06.

Coal

Coal production (weight of 3.22% in the IIP) registered a growth of 10.0% (provisional) in January 2007 compared to a growth rate 8.2% in January 2006. Coal production grew by 5.2% (provisional) during April-January 2006-07 compared to an increase of 6.4% during the same period of 2005-06.

Electricity

Electricity generation (weight of 10.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 8.5% (provisional) in January 2007 compared to a growth rate 6.4% in January 2006. Electricity generation grew by 7.6% (provisional) during April-January 2006-07 compared to an increase of 4.9% during the same period of 2005-06.

Cement

Cement production (weight of 1.99% in the IIP) registered a growth of 6.8% (provisional) in January 2007 compared to 15.4% in January 2006. Cement Production grew by 9.5% (provisional) during April-January 2006-07 compared to an increase of 11.4% during the same period of 2005-06. .

Finished (carbon) steel

Finished (carbon) Steel production (weight of 5.13% in the IIP) registered a growth of 10.4% (provisional) in January 2007 compared to 14.3% (estimated) in January 2006. Finished (carbon) Steel production grew by 9.8% (provisional) during April-January 2006-07 compared to an increase of 11.1% during the same period of 2005-06.

N.B: Data are provisional. Revision has been made based on revised data obtained.

 

PERFORMANCE OF SIX INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES

January 2007   Base Year: 1993-94
Sector-wise Growth Rate (%) in Production
Sector Weight (%) Jan.06 Jan. 07 Apr-Jan 
2005-06
Apr-Jan 
2006-07
Crude Petroleum 4.17 -4.9 4.7 -5.8 5.9
Petroleum Refinery Products 2.00 5.5 9.0 1.0 12.2
Coal 3.22 8.2 10.0 6.4 5.2
Electricity 10.17 6.4 8.5 4.9 7.6
Cement 1.99 15.4 6.8 11.4 9.5
Finished steel (carbon) 5.13 14.3 10.4 11.1 9.8
Overall 26.68 8.2 8.7 5.8 8.4
 
Source of data: Concerned Ministries/Departments/Organization(s)

 

Month

INDEX

Growth Rates (%)

 

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2005-06

2006-07

April

186.2

195.8

209.6

5.2

7.0

May

188.5

200.9

215.1

6.6

7.1

June

183.5

196.7

211.8

7.2

7.7

July

192.4

193.3

214.0

0.5

10.7

August

185.8

198.4

209.7

6.8

5.7

September

188.3

192.9

211.6

2.4

9.7

October

193.1

207.3

227.6

7.4

9.8

November

191.4

202.4

221.6

5.7

9.5

December

199.8

214.7

232.9

7.5

8.5

January

202.9

219.6

238.8

8.2

8.7

February

188.1

205.7

 

9.4

 

March

216.0

231.2

 

7.0

 

Apr - Jan

191.2

202.2

219.2

5.8

8.4

N.B: Indices and Growth rates are provisional

 

CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION                       

Weight: 4.17%

Month

Production (in Thousand tonnes)

Growth Rates (%)

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2005-06

2006-07

April

2814

2802

2752

-0.4

-1.8

May

2886

2830

2857

-1.9

1.0

June

2783

2792

2826

0.3

1.2

July

2864

2751

2863

-3.9

4.1

August

2874

2411

2702

-16.1

12.1

September

2777

2572

2813

-7.4

9.4

October

2881

2679

2928

-7.0

9.3

November

2801

2563

2815

-8.5

9.8

December

2876

2642

2924

-8.1

10.7

January

2913

2770

2901

-4.9

4.7

February

2596

2542

 

-2.1

 

March

2917

2845

 

-2.5

 

Cumulative Total

(Apr- Jan)

28469

26804

28385

-5.8

5.9

Note: 
1. Cumulative total may not tally with monthly total;
2. Production data and Growth rates are provisional.

Source: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

 

OUTPUT OF PETROLEUM REFINERY PRODUCTS 

Weight: 2.00% 
Month Output (in Thousand Tonnes) Growth Rates (%)
2004- 05 2005-06 2006-07 2005-06 2006-07

April

9694

8947

10118

-7.7

13.1

May

10234

9624

10784

-6.0

12.1

June

10002

9896

10940

-1.1

10.5

July

9745

10096

11370

3.6

12.6

August

9797

10042

11257

2.5

12.1

September

9317

9776

11083

4.9

13.4

October

9958

9719

11473

-2.4

18.1

November

9708

9853

11467

1.5

16.4

December

9846

10754

11423

9.2

6.2

January

10295

10857

11839

5.5

9.0

February

9484

10098

 

6.5

 

March

10136

11089

 

9.4

 

Cumulative Total
 (Apr- Jan)

98597

99564

111754

1.0

12.2

Note: 
1. Cumulative total may not tally with monthly total
2. Output and Growth rates are provisional.
3. The figure are estimated on the basis of data on refinery production (in terms of crude throughput)

Source: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

 

COAL PRODUCTION

Weight: 3.22%
Month Production (in Million tones) Growth Rates (%)
  2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2005-06 2006-07

April

28.20

30.50

31.54

8.2

3.4

May

27.58

30.67

33.15

11.2

8.1

June

27.60

28.54

31.95

3.4

11.9

July

28.60

28.14

31.12

-1.6

10.6

August

26.25

29.03

29.09

10.6

0.2

September

28.20

29.42

29.23

4.3

-0.6

October

31.07

32.96

33.65

6.1

2.1

November

32.46

34.69

36.38

6.9

4.9

December

35.98

38.39

39.50

6.7

2.9

January

35.40

38.32

42.15

8.2

10.0

February

34.53

37.75

 

9.3

 

March

40.81

43.77

 

7.2

 

Cumulative Total 
(Apr- Jan)

301.30

320.71

337.26

6.4

5.2

Note : 
1. Cumulative total may not tally with monthly total
2. Production data and Growth rates are provisional.

Source: Department of Coal

 

ELECTRICITY GENERATION
Weight: 10.17%
Month Generation (in Gwh) Growth Rates (%)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2005-06 2006-07
April 48930.0 50413.2 53387.7 3.0 5.9
May 47981.0 52942.6 55630.8 10.3 5.1
June 46570.0 50948.9 53450.6 9.4 4.9
July 50283.0 49781.1 54224.2 -1.0 8.9
aaAugust 48325.0 52145.2 54295.8 7.9 4.1
September 49059.0 48694.5 54289.3 -0.7 11.5
October 48484.0 52217.7 57292.5 7.7 9.7
November 47792.0 49405.3 53721.3 3.4 8.7
December 50543.0 52257.1 57095.6 3.4 9.3
January 50525.8 53759.6 58320.6 6.4 8.5
February 46015.8 50225.4   9.1  
March 52923.5 54719.8   3.4  
Cumulative Total 
(Apr- Jan)
488492.8 512557.8 551669.4 4.9 7.6

Note
1. Cumulative total may not tally with monthly total;
2. Generation and Growth rates are provisional.
3. Electricity generation data includes also imports from Bhutan

Source: Ministry of Power

 

CEMENT PRODUCTION

Weight: 1.99%

Month

Production (Thousand Tonnes) Growth Rates (%)
  2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2005-06 2006-07

April

11140 12240 13674 9.9 11.7

May

10950 12630 13440 15.3 6.4

June

10300 12010 13364 16.6 11.3

July

10768 11160 12670 3.6 13.5

August

9355 11160 11422 19.3 2.3

September

10340 10845 12585 4.9 16.0

October

11253 12218 13333 8.6 9.1

November

10764 11599 12930 7.8 11.5

December

11433 12968 13960 13.4 7.6

January

11760 13571 14500 15.4 6.8

February

10971 12757   16.3  

March

12525 14648   17.0  

Cumulative Total 
(Apr- Jan)

108063 120401 131878 11.4 9.5

Note : 
1.Cumulative total may not tally with monthly total;
2.Production and Growth rates are provisional 

Source : Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion

 

FINISHED (CARBON) STEEL PRODUCTION
Weight: 5.13%

Month

Production (in Thousand Tonnes)

Growth Rates (%)

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2005-06 2006-07

April

3022 3414 3743 13.0 9.6

May

3210 3370 3732 5.0 10.7

June

3155 3414 3762 8.2 10.2

July

3300 3398 3871 3.0 13.9

August

3278 3639 3877 11.0 6.5

September

3294 3574 3846 8.5 7.6

October

3337 3874 4277 16.1 10.4

November

3350 3847 4196 14.8 9.1

December

3395 3961 4356 16.7 10.0

January

3514 4017 4434 14.3 10.4

February

3316 3728   12.4  

March

3884 4308   10.9  

Cumulative Total 
(Apr- Jan)

32855 36508 40094 11.1 9.8

Note
1. Cumulative total May not tally with monthly total;
2. Production Data and Growth rates are provisional.  

Source: Ministry of Steel

Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & industry

New Delhi, March 14, 2007

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